Table 3.
Concentration of inorganic anions in the root flesh and peel of carrot genotypes (mg 100 g−1 fw).
| Genotype 1 | Cl | NO3 | PO4 | SO4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Root flesh | |||||
| CPL | 42.0 (0.9) b 2 | 15.4 (0.5) a | 26.0 (0.8) a | 18.8 (0.6) b | 102.2 (1.8) a |
| CPT | 44.7 (0.8) a | 1.0 (0.5) b | 6.9 (0.6) c | 10.1 (0.3) c | 62.8 (1.3) c |
| Presto | 42.6 (1.0) b | 2.0 (0.6) b | 19.0 (1.7) b | 21.0 (0.3) a | 84.6 (2.2) b |
| Significance 3 | * | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Peel | |||||
| CPL | 29.1 (0.8) b | 4.6 (0.3) a | 23.9 (0.6) a | 17.9 (0.4) b | 75.5 (0.8) c |
| CPT | 44.7 (0.9) a | 0.0 (0.0) c | 25.6 (1.1) a | 16.4 (0.4) c | 86.6 (1.7) b |
| Presto | 45.6 (1.2) a | 2.3 (0.6) b | 23.1 (0.7) a | 20.4 (0.4) a | 91.4 (2.0) a |
| Significance 3 | *** | *** | ns | *** | *** |
1 CPL, “Carota punta lunga”; CPT, “Carota punta tonda”; “Presto”, hybrid; 2 Means (n = 9) (standard error) in columns not sharing the same letters are significantly different according to the LSD test (α = 0.05); 3 ns, * and ***: not significant and significant at p ≤ 0.05, p ≤ 0.001, respectively.